Loudetia

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Loudetia
Loudetia simplex MNHN-P-P00374352.jpg
Type specimen of Loudetia simplex
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Tristachyideae
Genus: Loudetia
Hochst. ex Steud. 1854, conserved name not Hochst. ex A. Braun 1841
Type species
Loudetia elegans
Hochst. ex A. Braun. [1]

Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species [6] [7]
formerly included [6]

several species now considered better suited to other genera: Danthoniopsis Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Tristachya

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References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Loudetia Hochst. ex Steud.
  2. ↑ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 238 in Latin
  3. ↑ Phipps, J. B. 1966. Studies in the Arundinelleae, III. Check-list and key to the genera. Kirkia 5: 235–258.
  4. ↑ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.
  5. ↑ Clayton, W. D. 1967. Studies in the Gramineae: XV. Arundinelleae. Kew Bull. 21(1): 119–124
  6. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Loudetia
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